Angus Young is the sole original member left in AC/DC. Photo: Chris Hopkins / Getty Images

Probably the major factor that made Axl-DC look like a false rumour was that his main act, Guns N' Roses, had already committed to a much-hyped world tour throughout 2016 with the original line-up, not leaving much spare time for Rose to learn as many as 100 of the band's powerful rock songs.

For what it's worth, Rose does have experience taming an AC/DC song or two, having covered Whole Lotta Rosie 117 times in concert with G N' R already, according to gig database setlist.fm. Rose has also sung Riff Raff live 41 times,